Feb 20, 2013

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Florida Reverses, Taking Health Law's Medicaid Expansion
New York Times
Gov. Rick Scott of Florida reversed himself on Wednesday and announced that he would expand his state's Medicaid program to cover the poor, becoming the latest — and, perhaps, most prominent — Republican critic of President Obama's healthcare law to ...
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The Afghan Battle Over A Law To Protect Women
NPR
Afghan President Hamid Karzai issued a decree in 2009 banning violence against women. But the parliament, which is currently on its winter recess, has been unable to pass it and give it permanence as a law. There's major disagreement on key provisions ...
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NY counties pass resolutions against gun law
USA TODAY
The resolutions have come largely from rural upstate communities and range from calling the law unconstitutional, to wanting a full repeal, to raising concerns about unfunded mandates that the law may produce. The mainly Republican leaders said they ...
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NCAA sues over Pa. law to keep PSU fine in state
Yahoo! Sports
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- The NCAA wasted no time in challenging a new Pennsylvania law designed to keep the $60 million Penn State fine over the Jerry Sandusky scandal in the state, filing a federal challenge to the legislation hours after Gov.
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Immigration Report: Agency Made 800 Requests For Law Enforcement To Hold ...
Huffington Post
WASHINGTON -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement requested that local law enforcement agencies hold more than 800 U.S. citizens -- a majority of whom were never convicted of a crime -- between 2008 and 2012, according to ICE data released ...
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Vatican hints pope may shift law on conclave
USA TODAY
But canon law was designed to deal with the death, not the resignation, of a pope. The timing was to allow all the eligible electors -- cardinals under the age of 80 by the conclave starting day -- to reach Rome for a funeral and then gather in the ...
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Law Change Makes It Harder To Unlock Cellphones
NPR
Maybe you don't like your mobile phone carrier, but you like your phone and you want to keep it but change providers. An obscure change in federal law makes it illegal to switch without permission from your carrier. If you have, for example, AT&T, in ...
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DA to jurors: Nobody is above the law, not even in Bell
Los Angeles Times
Six former Bell council members believed they were above law as they pocketed extraordinary salaries for their part-time work as leaders in one of Los Angeles County's poorest cities, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday during closing arguments in a ...
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Puerto Rico's Supreme Court narrowly upholds law that bars gay couples from ...
Washington Post
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico's Supreme Court narrowly voted Wednesday to uphold a law banning gay couples from adopting children. The 5-4 vote came in the case of an unidentified woman who has sought for the last eight years to adopt a ...
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Washington Post
U.S. Rep Lance touts new law that directs research toward the deadliest cancers
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Lance said he hopes those spending cuts can be revisited before they become law on March 1. Though he voted for the bill that authorizes sequestration because he believes Washington is spending too much money, he would have preferred line-by-line ...
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DA uses new grand jury law in mob case
Philadelphia Inquirer
DA uses new grand jury law in mob case. Anthony Nicodemo. Joseph A. Slobodzian, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER. Posted: Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 4:13 PM. Eight months after Pennsylvania's Supreme Court revived use of indicting grand juries by ...
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Will Smith's Brother-In-Law Arrested On Federal Drug Charges
Huffington Post
It's not the first time Downs has been in trouble with the law, and according to Star, his famous brother-in-law, who in 2006 marched against drugs and violence in his hometown, likely want nothing to do with him. "Having a drug felon in the family ...
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Florida lawmakers apologize to Canada over English-language driver's license ...
NBCNews.com (blog)
"We will work with the legislature to amend the law this year so it does not burden international visitors to our state, who make up an important part of our tourism industry," said John Tupps, deputy press secretary for Florida Gov. Rick Scott, on ...
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St. Louis judge rules old crack cocaine law applies to pending cases
STLtoday.com
Some Missouri prosecutors have used their discretion to amend old charges in accordance with the new crack cocaine law. Joyce, on Wednesday, said in an online post that she would be open to doing so in many cases if a defense attorney requests it.
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Iran Sanctions Law Reporting Causing Confusion
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Companies are scrambling to understand new provisions of sanctions law requiring disclosure of contracts, transactions and dealings with entities in Iran, lawyers say. Associated Press: President Obama signs an Iran sanctions bill into law on July 1, 2010.
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Wall Street Journal (blog)
Son and son-in-law of Cambodian strongman Hun Sen to run for parliamentary ...
Washington Post
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A son and son-in-law of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will run for parliament in a July general election that is expected to renew the long-ruling leader's mandate for power, a spokesman for his party said Wednesday.
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Tim Durham's law license suspended
Indianapolis Star
The Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission has suspended Indianapolis attorney and businessman Tim Durham from the practice of law in Indiana. / JOE VITTI / The Star 2012 file photo ...
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Foreign tourists in Florida may be illegal drivers under new law
New York Daily News
State officials in Florida plan to amend a new state law that has turned thousands of unwitting foreign tourists into illegal drivers and may make it hard for them to collect insurance claims if they get in auto accidents while visiting the state. "We ...
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New York Daily News
Quinnipiac School of Law names Jennifer Gerarda Brown as dean
New Haven Register
Brown came to Quinnipiac as a faculty member in the School of Law in 1994 and she currently is the Carmen Tortora Professor of Law. For nearly 15 years, Brown has served as the director of the School of Law's Center on Dispute Resolution. U.S. News ...
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Public database: Half of law enforcement might have wrongly searched it ...
Pioneer Press
More than half of Minnesota law enforcement personnel with access to driver's license data may have used it inappropriately -- looking up friends, family or often themselves, according to a report. The Legislative Auditor's office, which released the ...
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Union lawsuit: Michigan's right-to-work law does not apply to state workers
Bay City Times
The civil complaint, filed Thursday with the Michigan Court of Appeals, seeks a formal declaration that the law infringes upon the right of the Michigan Civil Service Commission to regulate conditions of employment for state employees, as granted by ...
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Law Firm Follows Flock to Broad Street Development's 61 Broadway
Commercial Observer
Law firm Rosner Nocera & Ragone, LLP's signing of a 8,135-square-foot lease at 61 Broadway is the latest in a wave of leases at Broad Street Development's properties. Founded by Raymond Chalmé and Daniel Blanco, Broad Street Development has ...
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Commercial Observer
Colorado Senate introduces bill removing discrimination law following passage ...
The Denver Channel
Pat Steadman of Denver, said opponents have repeatedly expressed fears that wedding planners or other business people could be tossed in jail for refusing to serve gays or lesbians. Formally removing the criminal section from Colorado law could ensure ...
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The Denver Channel
Law firm can't sue Better Business Bureau for 'F' grade under Lanham Act ...
ABA Journal
A law firm that says it lost clients over disparaging reviews published by the Better Business Bureau of Central Florida Inc. lacks a basis for filing suit under the Lanham Act, a federal judge in Orlando has ruled. Because the BBB is not a competitor ...
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Editorial: Agritourism law needs clarification
Concord Monitor
We'll leave aside the debate over whether Forster's wedding business predates Henniker's 1987 zoning law and is thus grandfathered as well as the question of whether complaints of excessive noise are justified. Instead, we will focus on the state law ...
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Local Synthetic Drug Law Passes
Patch.com
Anyone caught selling, possessing, displaying or manufacturing synthetic drugs in Hillsborough County now faces a first-time fine of up to $500 per individually wrapped package. Hillsborough Commissioners unanimously voted Feb. 20 to approve a local ...
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Gunn v. Minton: issue of patent law does not deprive state court of ...
Patently-O
This morning the Supreme Court released its opinion in Gunn v. Minton The Court held that the presence of a substantive issue of patent law did not deprive the state court of jurisdiction over the malpractice claim. Notably, the Court did not feel that ...
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McKenna working at Seattle law firm
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
SEATTLE -- A month after leaving office, former Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna has found a new professional home in a Seattle law firm. McKenna told the Herald he started work at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's public policy group on ...
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Blogs13 new results for law
 
Daily Kos: Open thread for night owls: Gun law reform, Montana ...
By rss@dailykos.com (Meteor Blades)
First is a bill to change our concealed weapons laws. In Montana, concealed weapons may not be carried in churches, schools, banks, bars, colleges, hospitals and a few other specified areas. Republicans have proposed a bill to eliminate ...
Daily Kos
Law Enforcement "Requested" Shooting Targets ... - Prison Planet.com
By admin
DHS supplier responds to outrage over "no hesitation" targets which include children. Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com. February 20, 2013. Law Enforcement Targets, Inc., a provider of shooting targets to the Department of Homeland ...
Prison Planet.com
Will Smith's Brother-in-Law Arrested on Drug Charges | Newsies ...
By Just Jared
Will Smith's brother-in-law Dee Lawrence Downs, who is married to his younger sister Ellen, has been arrested on federal drug charges – Huffington Post; Conan O'Brien to host White House Dinner – Entertainment Weekly; Check out Nicolas ...
Just Jared
AG Zoeller challenges law firms to donate goods
Attorney General Greg Zoeller is challenging law firms to donate goods and raise money for Indiana food banks.
News | WISH TV
"Law enforcement" officials are no less dangerous than the public at ...
By Ron-Reale
Upon reading this story, as well the comments, this was my answer to one particular comment, whose author was worried about "Law Enforcement" officers and officials being punished for the decisions of various government toadies.
Western Journalism
Law cracking down on welfare "sleaze" spending lacks - NBC12.com
By Mike Valerio
A bill unanimously passed by the Virginia House and Senate cracks down on "sleaze spending," banning welfare money from gambling, liquor and strip clubs.
WWBT - NBC12 News
Bill advances for tougher abortion pill law
A legislative committee has endorsed a proposal that would make Indiana clinics that provide only abortion drugs face the same requirements as clinics that perform surgical abortions.
News | WLFI TV
Rally in Beirut against the Orthodox electoral law | Ya Libnan | World ...
By Ya Libnan
protest against orthodox law A number of civil society activists held aprotest Tuesday in Downtown Beirut , near the parliament building to protest against the approval of the Orthodox electoral law proposal by the parliament committee. Antoine ...
Ya Libnan
Law & Zero Dark Thirty
By Ben Adams
In the Global War on Terror, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups. The CIA, who investigate terrorists, and Navy SEALs, who shoot them in the face. These are their stories.
Overthinking It
Concurring Opinions » Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 34, Issue 3
By Cardozo Law Review
the Law, the Universe, and Everything ... How a kill list becomes a secret law. (fp). RIP, Hercules (kw). The Wall Street Journal reviews The AIG Story. LAC. Tory: pay bank fines from bonus pools. (fp) ... Our Podcast. Subscribe to Law Talk ...
Concurring Opinions
WSAZ INVESTIGATES: Texting and Driving, Is the Law Working ...
Texting behind the wheel is a dangerous and sometimes deadly distraction -- so much that it's now against the law. But is the law being enforced?
WSAZ - News - Headlines
Capital News » IEBC hears complaints of electoral law breach
By LABAN WANAMBISI
NAIROBI, Kenya Feb 20 – The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission's Code of Conduct Enforcement Committee on Wednesday began sittings to hear cases of violating laid down rules by various candidates cleared to run in ...
Capital News
Alberta judge: DUI-law challengers still can't drive | iPolitics
By Canadian Press
EDMONTON – An Alberta judge has ruled three people who lost their driver's licences under a new impaired-driving law will not get them back pending the outcome of their constitutional challenge. Chief Justice Neil Wittman of Court of ...
iPolitics

Web4 new results for law
 
Crime soared with Mass. gun law - The Boston Globe
In 1998, Massachusetts passed what was hailed as the toughest gun-control legislation in the country. It was predicted that the law would prevent future gun ...
www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2013/02/.../story.html
Law Enforcement "Requested" Shooting Targets of Pregnant Women
DHS supplier responds to outrage over "no hesitation" targets which include children. Paul Joseph ...
www.infowars.com/law-enforcement-requested-shooting-targe...
Immigration Report: Agency Made 800 Requests For Law ...
WASHINGTON -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement requested that local law enforcement agencies hold more than 800 U.S. citizens -- a majority of whom ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../immigration-agency_n_2726812....
Southern California Law and Social Science Forum Presents "Law ...
The Southern California Law and Social Science (SoClass) forum will present †œLaw at the Fault Lines†on Friday, March 1, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., in the ...
www.pomona.edu/news/2013/02/20-fault-lines.aspx


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